Two Needville students killed in collision with dump truck

Published 11:36 am, Saturday, May 3, 2014

Two students from Needville were killed in a collision in Fort Bend County Friday afternoon.

Wuilmer Alexis Rodriguez, 20, and Alejandro Lopez, 17, were pronounced dead at the scene on FM 762 about four miles south of Needville around 4:45 p.m., according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.

Rene Mauricio Martinez, 18, also of Needville, was injured and was transported to Oak Bend Hospital in Richmond in stable condition, according to the DPS preliminary report.

The accident occurred as Rodriguez was driving a 1996 Honda Civic southbound on FM 762. The Civic crossed over into the northbound lane and collided with a 2007 Mack dump truck driven by a 43-year-old El Campo man, DPS said.